Asia

“His voice was silenced but his mission lives on.”  So says a video promoting Blood and Water, a newly released biography of Shahbaz Bhatti, gunned down 15 years ago, March 2, 2011, by religious extremists in Islamabad, Pakistan.

An oasis of peace and serenity in this noisy, sprawling metropolis of over eight million in southern India, Ashirvad (meaning blessing in the local language) is a Jesuit centre where Fr. Arun Luis and his brother Jesuits work, pray and live together, dedicated to serving the marginalized in the city.

The daughter of Jimmy Lai said that while the 20-year sentence he was given was heartbreaking, her family still trusts in "divine providence" for a solution.

About 40,000 devotees gathered at St. Anthony's shrine in Bangladesh despite fears of violence ahead of national elections, praying for peace in the Muslim-majority nation where Christians make up less than 1% of the population.

Media entrepreneur and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, whose arrest nearly six years ago prompted outrage around the world, was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

As UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits China, Jimmy Lai’s daughter Claire urges his release, grounding her appeal in faith and highlighting the human rights stakes and her father’s deteriorating conditions.

Hong Kong's prominent Catholic, media tycoon and pro-democracy campaigner Jimmy Lai has been convicted of national security offences under the city's controversial national security law.

The Diocese of Hong Kong is calling for prayer and mourning after a devastating fire at the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex in Tai Po left at least 128 people dead and around 200 still missing.

Clergy and religious along with lay Catholic faithful came out in droves at an anti-corruption rally in the Philippines capital of Manila Sept. 21 alongside tens of thousands of protesters.

At the start of final submissions in his landmark trial, Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was provided with medication and a heart monitor Aug. 18, after health concerns had delayed proceedings the previous week.